The N.E.H.U race from Melton Mowbray 21/4/2012 was won by Peel bros of South Shields, they took 1st club 1st fed, also taking 2nd and 4th club and 15 of the 25 birds clocked in the club......well done Peel brothers.

over the loft today

as I came from the loft this morning I heard a whoosh and looked up and saw about 50 - 60 pigeons belting along ....a bit early for training I think and what some people do eh for the win of the first race mine wont be going out for another 4 or 5 weeks let alone training ...when do members start to let their birds out and how long around the loft before training tosses.i am thinking 3 weeks around the loft and then 2 weeks training before first race

I keep seeing small groups of pigeons flying over Darren, as tho they are training.....I presumed it would have been fanciers training latebreds maybe ? but a group of 50 to 60 birds is definite training I would say, and a bit early eh........

I keep seeing small groups of pigeons flying over Darren, as tho they are training.....I presumed it would have been fanciers training latebreds maybe ? but a group of 50 to 60 birds is definite training I would say, and a bit early eh........

David, O/S quoted a wind chill factor of minus 5 etc here, so I would suspect they all may have all been better home in the loft. That being said you will never stop the crazy's being first to get there birds out tossing, no matter what the weather may be.

50-60 old birds and latebreds Darren is not a large team I remember back in the 60s some training this time of year and they nearly always won the first race with 140 members in the club a win was a win 50 years on they are still a top loft

ah rite the way it was worded it sounded as though you meant 60 late breds ...to me George 50-60 old birds is a very big team it would be the biggest team at my club of which we have 20 members and by no means the smallest by todays standards but maybe things are different in other areas...if I had 60 old birds to race and was training this time of year I would want to win the first race too but I think its far too cold with a wind chill of -4 to -5 with a NE wind a headwind for the direction the birds were going is to me ridiculous and even more so with late breds ...is it any wonder not many lates make the grade if this is the way people treat them jmo but training in this weather is a no go

my birds go out everyday weather dependent threw the winter, so there flying well now but they wont be going up the road until a month b4 first race . my late breads wont be going any where until the ybs start training then they will have the comeback races

my birds go out everyday weather dependent threw the winter, so there flying well now but they wont be going up the road until a month b4 first race . my late breads wont be going any where until the ybs start training then they will have the comeback races

wise man ric ...big team flyers with 100 rings can take chances and no doubt their birds win in spite of them not because of them atb

I keep seeing small groups of pigeons flying over Darren, as tho they are training.....I presumed it would have been fanciers training latebreds maybe ? but a group of 50 to 60 birds is definite training I would say, and a bit early eh........

Yes your proberbly right David being late breeds some time it's can be a few members who take the chance taking birds on good days only

as I came from the loft this morning I heard a whoosh and looked up and saw about 50 - 60 pigeons belting along ....a bit early for training I think and what some people do eh for the win of the first race mine wont be going out for another 4 or 5 weeks let alone training ...when do members start to let their birds out and how long around the loft before training tosses.i am thinking 3 weeks around the loft and then 2 weeks training before first race